Text: Form 1 2568 REGISTRATION CARD No. 150 REGISTRAR'S REPORT 1. Name in full Louie Knight Age in yrs. 27 1. Tall, medium, or short? medium2. Home Address 1001 E. Esther Taylorville Illinois Slender, medium, or stout? medium3. Date of birth July 14 1889 2. Color of eyes? Blue Color of hair? light brown4. Are you (1) a natural-born citizen, (2) a naturalized citizen, Bald? No (3) an alien, (4) or have you declared your intention? 3. Has person lost arm, leg, hand, foot, eye, or Natural born both eyes or is he otherwise disabled? No5. Where were you born: Lafayette Tennessee U.S.A. I certify that my answers are true, that the person6. If not a citizen, or what nation are you a citizen? _______ registered has read his own answers, that I have7. What is your present trade, occupation, or office? Laborer 30 witnessed his signature, and that all of his answers8. By whom employed? E Z Opener Bag Co. of which I have knowledge are true, except as Where employed? Taylorville Illinois follows: _______________________________9. Have you a father, mother, wife, child under 12, or a sister or brother under 12, solely dependent on you for support? James Hunter wife and one child (Signature of Registrar)10. Married or single? married Race? Caucasian Precinct One11. What military service have you had? _________ City or County Christian12. Do you claim exemption from draft? wife and child yes State Illinois June 5, 1917I affirm that I have verified above answers and that they are true. (Date of Registration) Louie Knight

Note: This census does not tell how everyone is related but we are assuming that Stephen, Mary E., Sarah M., John H. and Aggy A. are the children of David and Judith. Sally Blankinship, age 46 is probably David's sister who goes by the name Sarah in the 1880 census and is 76 years old.Text: 773/773 Blankinship, David, age 33, male, farmer, $1000, born in Virginia Blankinship, Judith, age 38, female, born in Virginia Blankinship, Stephen, age 8, male, born in Tennessee Blankinship, Mary E., age 6, female, born in Tennessee Blankinship, Sarah M., age 4, female, born in Tennessee Blankinship, John H., age 3, male, born in Tennessee Blankinship, Aggy A., age 8/12 (8 months), born in Tennessee Blankinship, Sally, age 46, female, born in Tennessee Harwood, Mary Ann, age 14, female, born in TennesseeDate: 26 Sep 1850

Note: This census does not tell how everyone is related but we are assuming that S. S., M. E., S. M., J. H., A. A. and L. M. are the children of D. B. and Judah Blankinship. The name of the last person looks more like S instead of L. Blankinship and if so then this is probably David's sister Sally/Sarah Blankinship. Notice that they live next to George Marion Bandy and Wesley Lester Bandy who are the brother's of Lewis Riley Bandy who later marries Mary Elizabeth Blankenship (M. E. Blankinship, age 16 on this census).Text: 634/610 D. B. Blankinship, age 43, male, farmer, $3000/$1500, born in Virginia Judah Blankinship, age 48, female, born in Virginia S. S. Blankinship, age 18, male, farmer, born in Tennessee, attended school within the year M. E. Blankinship, age 16, female, born in Tennessee, attended school within the year S. M. Blankinship, age 15, female, born in Tennessee, attended school within the year J. H. Blankinship, age 13, male, born in Tennessee, attended school within the year A. A. Blankinship, age 10, female, born in Tennessee, attended school within the year L. M. Blankinship, age 8, female, born in Tennessee, attended school within the year L. Blankinship, age 57, female, born in Virginia, person over 20 years of age who cannot read and writeDate: 16 Oct 1860

Note: David Blankinship lives near his son Samuel S. W. Blankinship and his daughter Mary Elizabeth who married Lewis Riley Bandy. He also lives near Fountain P. Dillard who later marries Matilda C. Bandy who is the daughter of Mary E. and Lewis Riley Bandy. Sarah is probably David's sister who is Sally in the 1850 census & S. Blankinship in the 1860 census. Luda should probably be Juda.Text: 22/22 Blankinship, David, age 53, male, white, farmer, $2400/$1000, born in Virginia Blankinship, Luda (sic), age 58, female, white, keeping house, born in Virginia Blankinship, Sarah, age 66, female, white, born in Virginia, cannot read or write Blankinship, Lucy A. C., age 18, female, white, born in Tennessee

Note: Notice that David lives near his son Stephen Blankenship.Text: 177/178 Blankinship, David, male, age 63, married, farmer, malmed, crippled, bedridden or otherwise disabled Blankinship, Juda, female, age 68, wife, married, keeping house Blankinship, Sarah, female, age 76, sister, single, at home, has broken leg, cannot read or writeEveryone is white, born in Virginia and so were their parents.Date: 16 Jun 1880